Nuno Tavares

Nuno Tavares
Personal information
Full name	Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares
Date of birth	26 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Benfica
Number	71
Youth career
2009–2010	Casa Pia
2010–2013	Sporting CP
2013–2015	Casa Pia
2015–	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–	Benfica B
2019–	Benfica
International career‡
2018	Portugal U18
2018–2019	Portugal U19
2019–	Portugal U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2019

Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares (born 26 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Benfica in Primeira Liga as a defender.

Club career

On 27 October 2018, Tavares made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against Sporting da Covilhã. He played the full 90 minutes of the 3–2 home win.^[1]

On 4 August 2019, Tavares made his debut with Benfica in the 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, a 5–0 win against city rivals Sporting CP at the Estádio Algarve.^[2] A week later, he made his Primeira Liga debut against F.C. Paços de Ferreira and scored his first goal to open a 5–0 home win, adding two assists.^[3]

Born in Portugal, Tavares is of Cape Verdean descent.^[4]

Benfica

^ "Benfica B 3–2 Sp. Covilhã". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Benfica stick five past Sporting in season curtain-raiser". PortuGOAL. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ ""Golo do Nuno Tavares? Ninguém estava à espera que ele aparecesse ali, nem eu..."" ["Nuno Tavares' goal? Nobody expected he would appear there, not even me..."]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^ Moura, Bruno da. "Benfica de Luis Lopes é campeão nacional de juniores | DTudo1Pouco".

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